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Duggy
Sep 24, 2011, 3:34:08 AM9/24/11
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On Sep 24, 3:51 pm, d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney) wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:49:54 -0700 (PDT), Duggy <Paul.Dug...@jcu.edu.au> wrote:
> >On Sep 24, 12:30 pm, "Frenton" <jdfren...@spamblock.com> wrote:
> >> SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.
>
> >Once again, I can only find references to this on dubious list of fact.
>
> This may be confusing things with "33 feet of water exerts 1 atmosphere of
> pressure". So at 33 feet down, they're thinking you're now having 1 atm holding
> the gas inside you. But even a moment's thought will provide anyone here with
> personal examples of when there was more pressure than that involved from
> one's inside. It'll be more _difficult_ the further down one goes, but there's
> not a cutoff cork at 33 feet exactly.
Sounds fair.
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= DUG.
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> On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:49:54 -0700 (PDT), Duggy <Paul.Dug...@jcu.edu.au> wrote:
> >On Sep 24, 12:30 pm, "Frenton" <jdfren...@spamblock.com> wrote:
> >> SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below.
>
> >Once again, I can only find references to this on dubious list of fact.
>
> This may be confusing things with "33 feet of water exerts 1 atmosphere of
> pressure". So at 33 feet down, they're thinking you're now having 1 atm holding
> the gas inside you. But even a moment's thought will provide anyone here with
> personal examples of when there was more pressure than that involved from
> one's inside. It'll be more _difficult_ the further down one goes, but there's
> not a cutoff cork at 33 feet exactly.
Sounds fair.
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= DUG.
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David Hatunen
Sep 24, 2011, 3:39:52 PM9/24/11
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than that. You have to keep in mind that your internal and external
pressures equalize as you descend.
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Dave Hatunen: Free Baja Arizona
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